Robert James Piarote
Military
Removed associations not depicted in photo
Object Number - UPL 35815 - Robert James Piarote (photo courtesy of the Piarote family)
Shot down by fighters after dropping out of formation due to an engine failure on return from mission to Frankfurt on 29 January 1944 in B-17 #42-30354 'Hustlin' Hussy' Evaded, arrested, evaded... (EVD). See the full story of his evasion at http://www.evasioncomete.be/fpiarotrj.html
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 549th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39274861
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 549th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 549th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 549th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 31171364
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 549th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 31191763 at enlistment, then O-808137
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Hustlin Hussy
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 549th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 29 January 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Lebanon, Pennsylvania, USA | 12 October 1922 | |
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Enlisted |
21 October 1942 | Harrisburg, Pennsylvania | |
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Other Bailed out |
29 January 1944 | of B-17 42-30354 over Belgium; landed near Lobbes, Hainaut, Belgium | |
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Other Evaded, made prisoner |
29 January 1944 - 10 August 1944 | Helped by Belgian citizens and Résistance members. He was hidden in various places in Belgium until he was arrested in Brussels on 10 August 1944 in a trap set by a Belgian traitor working for the Germans. | |
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Other Imprisoned |
10 August 1944 - 2 September 1944 | in the Saint-Gilles Prison in Brussels | |
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Other evaded from a train in Brussels, Belgium |
3 September 1944 | as Belgian railway workers prevented the last train of more than a thousand Belgian prisoners and about 50 Allied airmen to leave for Germany ("The Ghost Train" episode) | |
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Died |
4 February 1989 | Lebanon, Pennsylvania | |
| Lebanon, Pennsylvania | |||
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Other flown back to England via Paris |
arriving in the UK on 11 September 1944 | ||
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Buried |
Holy Cross Cemetery, Lebanon, Pennsylvania |
Revisions
MACR 2268
Escape & Evasion Report E&E 1952
NARA WWII Enlistment records
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2268 / MACR 2268, 8th AF Losses / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
